Kern Medical New Associate Orientation Guide

2023 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals

Identify Patients Correctly Use at least two ways to identify patients to make sure that each patient gets the correct medicine and treatment. Make sure that the correct patient gets the correct blood when they get a blood transfusion. At Kern Medical two licensed staff members will check blood at the bedside and ask your name and birth date.

Use

Alarms

Safely

Make improvements to ensure that alarms on medical equipment are heard and responded to on time. At Kern Medical we set your alarms to an audible setting and within specific parameters to ensure that we can hear and respond appropriately to your medical needs.

Improving Staff Communication

Get important test results to the right staff person on time. At Kern Medical staff work together to get your critical test results to your caregiver.

Before a procedure, label unlabeled medicines in the area where medicines and supplies are set up. For example, medications in syringes, cups and basins. At Kern Medical all medications and solutions are labeled for a procedure. Take extra carewith patients who takemedicine to thin their blood. At Kern Medical we have an established program for admitted patients who are taking blood thinners with a follow-up clinic on discharge. Record and pass along correct information about a patient’s past and new medications. Make sure they know which medication to take when they are at home and how important it is to bring their up-to date list of medications every time they visit a doctor. At Kern Medical we find out your medication when you are seen in our emergency room or clinics and then evaluate your medicine throughout your admission or at time of every visit.

Use Medicines Safely

Prevent Infections Use the hand cleaning guidelines from the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention or the World Health Organization. Set and meet goals for improving hand cleaning. At Kern Medical, we place your safety first and clean our hands before and after giving you care. Use proven guidelines to prevent infections that are difficult to treat. At Kern Medical we have an active infection prevention program which uses proven guidelines to treat difficult infections. These proven guidelines reduce blood infections from central lines and urinary tract infections caused by catheters.

Identify Patient Safety Risks Find out which patients are most likely to try to commit suicide. At Kern Medical patients are screened for early detection and treatment

Make sure that the correct surgery is done on the correct patient and at the correct place on the patient’s body. At Kern Medical, we will ask you your name and birth date and compare to your paper work to make sure we provided the correct care, surgery, and procedures. Mark the correct place on the patient’s body where the surgery is to be done. At Kern Medical, our physicians will ask to mark your body prior to surgery/procedure. Pause before the surgery to make sure that a mistake is not being done. At Kern Medical, we perform a pause before surgery/procedures to ensure that it is the right patient , right surgery/procedure and right place on the body.

Prevent Mistakes in Surgery

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